Interview on the Cultural Revolution with Chris Milton

Topics: China, social justice, youth movement, world history,

Collection: solidarityrevolutionarycenter; additional_collections

Language: English

Chris Milton is an 18 year old American who spent three years in China. Our interview with him cannot by any means be taken to represent a broad picture of the issues and struggles of the Chinese cultural revolution or of the entire spectrum of Red Guard and Rebel movements. It is a slice of his experience at his high school during the cultural revolution. The high school was in Peking, and adjoined Peking University where much of the struggle began, but it should be remembered that a variety of events were taking place, including struggles in the countryside that began much earlier, struggles within factories, and struggles within the Communist Party.